ix, 272 p. : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : popular music studies : meaning, power and value / David Hesmondhalgh and Keith Negus -- Music, masculinity and migrancy under early apartheid : gender and popular song in South Africa, c. 1948-1960 / Christopher Ballantine -- Analysing popular songs / Luiz Tatit ; translated by Lorraine Leu -- Cover versions and the sound of identity in motion / Dai Griffiths -- (In search of) musical meaning : genres, categories and crossover / David Brackett -- Raving, not drowning : authenticity, pleasure and politics in the electronic dance music scene / Rupa Huq -- The curse of fandom : insiders, outsiders and ethnography / Ian Maxwell -- Popular music audiences and everyday life / David Hesmondhalgh -- Ubiquitous listening / Anahid Kassabian -- Mainstreaming, from hegemonic centre to global networks / Jason Toynbee -- Value and velocity : the 12-inch single as medium and artifact / Will Straw -- Creativity and musical experience / Keith Negus and Michael Pickering -- The politicis of calypso in a world of music industries / Jocelyne Guilbault -- Locating salsa / Patria Román-Velázquez -- Blacking Japanese : experiencing otherness from afar / Shuhei Hoskokawa -- India song : popular music genres since economic liberalization / Nabeel Zuberi -- The "pop-rockization" of popular music / Motti Regev

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